Vegetable-cutter



(Roman '0. L. WILLIAMS.

VEGETABLE CUTTER.

' v 1 1884; No. 296,261. m Patgnted Apr ,S v

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Attorney rrn STATES CHARLES L. W'ILLIAHS, OF SOUTHWHITLEl, INDIANA.

VEGETABLE-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,261, dated April 1, 1884. Application filed October 18, 1863. (No model.)

To all when z. it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at South Whitley, in the county of Whitley and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vegetable-Cutters; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification;

My invention relates to vegetable-cutters; and it consists in the improvements hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rear portion of my improved apparatus. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view, and Fig. 3 is a detail view.

By reference to the accompanying drawings, A represents a suitable box or vegetable-receptacle, which is provided with an inclined bobiiillll, A, and vertical side and rear walls, a a

To the two side walls, a a, forward, as shown, are secured two supporting-legs, while the rear wall, I), is provided at its central portion-with an inclined supporting-leg, these legs being rigidly secured to the box. The lower edge of the inclined sides a c are provided with grooves it, within which is secured the bottom A, so that said bottom may slide or be adjusted within said grooves, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth. The side walls, a a, are also provided with vertical grooves a7, in which slides the reciprocating cutter D, and said walls are firmly secured to each other by transverse bars at 00, located as shown. The end portion of the sliding bottom A, adjacent to the reciprocating cutter, is parallel with the face of said cutter,and is provided witha metallic plate, c,and the rear portion of this sliding bottom is provided with a set-screw, the end of which is secured to the sliding bottom. Said set-screw passes through the rear supporting-leg and through a plate attached thereto, as shown, a screw-threaded block, a, being interposed between said plate and the cut-away portion of inclined slightly the leg. By means of this set-screw the sliding bottom may be adjust-ed to or from the reciprocating cutter, so that cabbage or other vegetables may be out coarse or fine, as desired.

WVithin the vertical grooves a in the sides a a is secured a reciprocating slide, D, which is provided with a transverse bar having handles D formed on its end.

Near the center portion of the slide D is provided a diagonal slot, d, the upper edge of said slot being inclined, as shown, while its lower edge is rounded. This slide D, above the diagonal slot, is slightly cut away on its inner surface or recessed for the reception of the knife blade E, which knife-blade is provided at each of its upper corners with inwardly-projecting ears y 51 which lie within suitable recesses formed in the slide. These ears are each provided with perforations, through which pass pins to secure the same at its upper edge to the reciprocating slide. The knife may be ad justed by means of set-screws e, which pass through the slide above the slot d, the inner end of these set-screws being attached to the knife-blade,so that the same is moved inwardly or outwardly by the adjustment of these screws; The rear portion of the slide I) is provided with a spout, F, the face of said spout being parallel with the outer edge of the face of the slide D, and its edges being bent inwardly at right angles, so as to form a box which extends from the crossbar to near the bottom of the slide. This'box extends entirely across the slot d, and at its lower edge it is provided with inwardly bent portions,which are parallel with the face of the spout, and are provided with slots which fit over projecting pins e',secured to the slide, by means of which the lower portion of the spout maybe secured to the slide, the upper portion being held in position by a pin, f, Whichpasses through the bar. The lower portion of the slide is provided with a spriu stop, G, which will prevent theslide being withdrawn inan upward direction from the grooves a and this spring-stop will engage with the lower edge of one of the sides. The sides a c are also provided at suitable poin ts with cutwardlyprojectingpins or stops Z2, which come in contact with the transverse bar and prevent the slide being depressed beyond the required point.

Having thus described the construction of In combination with the receptacle A, the reciprocating slide provided with transverse handles and aspout removably attached to said I 5 slide in front of the cutting means, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 1 presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES L. WILLIAMS.

WVitnessesz JONATHAN WREY, A. H. LANSDOWN. 

